Legal Opinion
United States v. Eccles
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
Decided September 19, 1910No. 3,600PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Prosecution by the United States against David Eccles, and others. On demurrer to indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
BEAN, District Judge.
The defendants were indicted for the crime of conspiracy to defraud the United States out of it's public lands, in violation of section 5440 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. Comp. St. p. -3676). The indictment contains two counts. The first charges a conspiracy entered into on October 1, 1899, and continuing down to the 1st day of October, 1909, and specifies divers and sundry overt acts charged to have been committed in pursuance thereof. The second count charges a conspiracy entered into on the 11th day of March, 1907, and continuing down to the 1st day of October, 1909,…
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- Peters v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1899
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- Ware v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
- Arnold v. WeilDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1907
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